State Farm Bureau Opposes Income Tax Change in Alabama
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation announced it will not support the proposed one cent income tax amendment. President Randolph Bard said policy set at Birmingham in 1944 stands until a new convention. travel restrictions kept plans for the 1945 gathering from materializing. The group argues the present tax law benefits debt reduction and property tax relief, while opponents from the Harpers Business Service urge immediate campaign to defeat the amendment.
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Montgomery
Ala Aps
Alabama Farr Bureau Federation
Weiler Randolph Bard
Bendalph
Orgatum Tyoes
Birmingham
Alabama
Cheuneay Sparks
Randolph
Farm Bureau
Atete
Herpery Business Service
Eight Picnics Planned for Houston County 4-H Clubs
Four-H Club directors announced plans for eight picnics this month in Houston County. Activities include swimming games contests stunts and a picnic lunch. The schedule lists Rehabeth Porter's Fairyland Cottonwood Enon Harmon Madrid Columbia and Wickaburg with dates from July 10 to July 27.
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Houston County
Rehabeth
Porter's Fairyland
Cottonwood
Sealey Springs
Enon
Harmon
Madrid
Columbia
Wickaburg
Court Docket Conference Set for Trial Readiness
A pre-trial conference with Circuit Judge BD. C. Haletead and Jothen attorneys is scheduled in the courtroom at 10 a.m. tomorrow to prepare a docket for trial of civil cases opening August 13. The sessions, arranged months ago, aim to expedite trials and keep off the docket cases lawyers know will not be ready.
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Tircult
BD. C. Haletead
Jothen
Houston Medical Group Sets Friday Medical Society Meet
Houston County Medical Society plans its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night at eight. A roundtable discussion will follow. Dr. W T Burkett, secretary, announced the details and urged all members to attend.
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Houston Medical Group
Houston County Medical Society
W. T. Burkett
Soil Conservation Survey To Start Here Next Week
The county prepares for a soil conservation survey with members and committees arranging to assess farms. The survey aims to allocate a portion of the county's farmland to be examined and results will be sent to the State AAA Committee.
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Ile Hove
Suney
Holiday Death Toll Reported Low at 138
The Avenciziod Prous notes the nation celebrated a quiet Fourth of July with 138 deaths, none of them on the streets or water. Traffic accidents caused 53 fatalities, drownings claimed 30, and 35 perished from miscellaneous causes such as fires and electrocution, amid numerous minor injuries.
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Tughway
National Safety Council
Roosevelt aide testifies about business ties with Roosevelt
An aide says he knew young Roosevelt for years in business terms and claims the president was not aware of the loan to a cannery. He describes himself as politically independent with no government contracts. Counsel for John Hartford reports Hartford wrote off a $198,000 loan to Roosevelt in 1942 tax return.
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Casling Company
Roosevelt
John Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Hartford
War-time claims of hidden planes and rationed Japan
The account describes sensational paragraphs about “amazing numbers” of planes produced in underground factories, while admitting U S bombers were finding them. It notes Japan’s rail mobilization to speed munitions and food, and hints at a propaganda line urging Nipponese to make “wonderful food” from fish heads and withered leaves as shortages bite.
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Tokyo
MacArthur Declares Philippine Liberation Under Way
General Douglas MacArthur reported the liberation of the Philippines, saying the island mass of 115000 square miles with 17 million people is freed from the invaders. He praised Navy Army and Air Force for unison in inflicting the greatest disaster on Japanese arms and noted a sen-air blockade hindered TKW Materials and reinforcements to East Indies.
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TKW
Japan
East Indies
Philippines
MacArthur
Navy
Universal military training proposal faces feasibility test
The committee declared universal training impractical due to high costs and delayed manpower mobilization. It argued citizens with jury-style mobilization power are essential, citing two weeks of hearings where military voices backed universal training while labor, clergy, educators, and farming groups opposed.
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United States
Army
Navy
G Arsenizationa
Indians Regain Swamp Land After Settlement
The text reports that after years, the United States and Wisconsin reallocate swamp land to Indians under a treaty brokered by William A. Brophy. The agreement grants Wisconsin Indians land parcels and a Treasury-funded check totaling about 1.89 million, with a conflict noted from the Swamp Land Act of September 28, 2050.
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Washington
United States
William A. Brophy
Aten
Brophy
Ludivas
Wisconsin Reservation
Wisegani
U. S. Treasury
Owens 15 Sergeant Promoted in Stockholm Transport Command
Owens son of C A Owens of Dothan route four receives promotion to sergeant while with the U S AAP Air Transport Command Base Unit in Stockholm Sweden. Public relations reports him as a former Suffolk High School athlete transferred from base at Suffolk England. He entered military service in August. Mrs Marthe Owens lives in Museeqayee, Ploe.
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Charters M Owens
C A! Owens
Dothan
AAP Aw Transport Command
Upit
Stockholm
Sweden
Jibe
Owens
Jad Migh
Suffolk
England
Mia Wite
Marthe Owens
Yohn on furlough from Pruner of War Camp
Pvt. Yohn Max Yohn, stationed at the Pruner of War Camp in Opelika, is on furlough visiting his family in New Bruchton. Before the Army he was a truck driver in Fort Myers Florida and served at multiple camps including Fort McPherson Georgia and Camp Sibert Alabama. He now guards primers of war at the Opelika camp.
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Prc
Yohn
Glen Yuho
Opelike
New Bruchton
Army
PLC
Yohn Max
Fort Myers
Pla
Fort McPherson
Camp Sibert
Ala
Opelika
Army Discharges and Charges for S Sgt Willie Bulger
Discharged S Sgt Willie Leo Bulger at Newville Route One faces charges from Fort McPherson Georgia. He served 32 months overseas with the Fifth Infantry Division earning the five star FTO ribbon, good conduct, and American Defense clusters. General Montgomery linked to Italian campaign details appear in the record.
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Willie Leo Bulger
Newville
U. S. Army
Fort McPherson
FTO
Toole Rites Held for 85 in Graceville
Funeral services for C. B. Toole, eighty five, were held at New Hinson Church Graceville Route three with Rev. C. C. Balcam and Rev. Mr. Biddle officiating. He was a native of Geneva County and a member of the Free-War Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife seven sons a daughter and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Graceville
C. B. Toole
New Hinson Caurch
C. C. Balcam
Mr. Biddle
Geneva County
Henry Toole
Black
Buck Toole
Damascus
L. J. Tale
Slocomb
T. E. Toole
C. T. Toole
Panama City
G. A. Toole
A. T. Toole
Redman
Campbellton
Governor Sparks Faces Weekend Bill Review Task
Governor Chauncey Sparks returns from Mackinac Island to find 273 measures awaiting action. Adv Gen McQueen and staff study the content while the 1045 legislature sent 520 bills, with some duplicated after executive amendments. Most major measures including income tax amendment acts and education appropriations have been signed. Remaining local bills and small allocations loom, with a possible weekend finish. any bill unsigned by Monday midnight faces a pocket veto.
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McQueen
Canadian Troops Riot In England Amid Repatriation Delays
In Aldershot hundreds of Canadian servicemen protested while awaiting repatriation. About 40 to 60 involved in window smashing and property destruction over 2.5 hours in the shopping district, causing thousands in damage. Maj Gen Dun Spry reprimanded the men, citing damage to Canada’s reputation. He blamed shipping delays, food issues, and lack of funds, promising advances later. No injuries reported, despite over 200 British and Canadian troops dispatched.
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Aldershot
England
API
Tan Array
Damsye
Dun Spry
Canus
Spry
Sng
Tie
Diggers Smash Through Central City To Final Refinery Area
Three columns of tropic hardened Diggers swept through the burned central city yesterday then smashed again at the final refinery area of Pandunlati as Japanese forces withdrew northeast toward Samaninda. Aussies push within four miles of Mangaar airfield, meeting heavy opposition along the Sepingang highway where recon equipment must be landed from the sea. The word button derives from the French bouton meaning to push.
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Pandunlati
Samaninda
Mangaar Airfield
Bulikpapan
Sepingang
Bodies of 930 Gestapo victims recovered in Prague area
Czech authorities completed eight graves openings near Karlsbad uncovering 930 bodies from a Gestapo death march. Some claimed Canadian and New Zealand prisoners may be among the dead, though none identified. About 587 bodies remain unidentified from the Theresienstadt area march at war’s end.
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Prague
Gestapo
Czechuslovek
Karlsbad
New Zealand
Theresianstadt
Nipponese Hit Hard in Indo China War Update
CHUNGKING AP American fighters concentrated on the Jap anese withdrawal from French Indo China through Hainan Strait yesterday, killing more than 200 in small craft skirting Tonkin Gulf. Chinese high command announced successes including capture of Fairglen northeast of Liuchow and an advance to the Lojyang area. American air units damaged locomotives and vessels along major rivers.
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Lojyang
Liuchow
Yellow River
Siang
West Rivers
Governors urge UN HQ in the United States and state control shift
The 11th meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin discussed resuming Jewish immigration into Palestine. Gov Maw urged action, arguing wartime constraints no longer apply. Governors backed San Francisco Charter endorsement, called for UN headquarters in the U.S., postwar National Guard maintenance, a national tax policy survey, and greater state local cooperation with federal programs, including early transfer of employment offices to state control. In a separate item, a 21-year-old man, Methed Medlin Dale Lott, was killed in a gun battle with police when he opened fire after officers arrived at his home. Officer Francis Howell fatally wounded him.
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Churchill
Stalin
Palestine
Gov
Maw
Europe
San Francisco
United Nations Organization
National Guard
Monile
Justice Thurman Arnold Resigns From Federal Bench
The White House disclosed the resignation of Justice Thurman Arnold from the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, effective July 10. Arnold had previously led the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.
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Federal Bench
Washington
White House
Justice Thurman Arnold
United States Court of Appeals
Arnold
Aoun-Trust Division
Justice Department
Mystery drowning near New York city woman identified
Assistant Medical Examiner Benjamin Morgan Vance announced an autopsy found Mary Cox Bryan 36 from Atlanta died of asphyxia by submersion. Her body was recovered from the Hudson River. She is the sister of Wright Bryan associate editor of the Atlanta Journal. Circumstances were undetermined. A patrolman found her diary and social security card in a handbag on the George Washington Bridge.
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New York
Benjamin Morgan Vance
Mary Cox Bryan
Atlanta
Miss Bryan
Hudson River
Wright Bryan
Atlanta Journal
Vance
George Washington Bridge
Col W F Smith Killed In France In Action
Col W F Smith dies in France during World War I sending shock to Graceville. Parents Mr and Mrs South receive official notice. The local community lists five relatives including Mrs Alto Arnold Miss Parkie South and Mrs Roy Wilcox in New Orleans. Funeral details follow from the Smith family.
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Carpers
Wallac Foch Smith
Endre Bog 'Saarun
Greceville
Corpera South
Carpore
Corporal Smyth
Sunyvwuing
Alto Arould
Parkie Southpet
Graceville
Mas Gary- Snell Sprat
Gracevle
Roy ‘Wilcox
New Orleans
Virgins Smuts
Washington, D. Ic
R. G. Smith, Jr
Ead Hs
Mra
HK. T .Walford
Marianna
Undersecretary of War praises Negro troops in Europe
Washington AP) Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson challenged Senator Eastlands claim that Negro troops in Europe would shirk duty. Patterson said no high general has stated such a view and that the War Department is proud of its troops including Negroes. He cited Eisenhower praise for volunteer platoons and favorable comments on the 24th Infantry Regiment in the Marianas.
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Washington
Patterson
War Department
Eisenhower
24Th Infantry
Marianas
Communications Set For Big Three Meet At Potsdam
American and Haitish signal teams worked at the conference seat and then moved to Bertin suburbs where President Truman’s temporary White House is being cleaned. A direct line to Washington and New York may be installed. The mobile White House is modest but functional and Truman will be heavily protected during his first visit to postwar Germany. Soldiers have camped nearby to ensure security and access. Talks of a special press HQ at or near Truman’s site circulated.
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Potsdam
Bertin
Truman
White House
Washington
New York
Germany
Preas
Mass Malnutrition and Murder Ring Exposed in Wartime Station
An Allied investigation uncovers an execution and starvation program at a station run by Dr. Valentin Falthanger and a food administrator Franziaska Will. A 10-year-old boy weighed under 23 pounds among survivors. The AMG notes 211 minors killed by injections for bonuses of 35 reichsmarks monthly. Bodies found in morgue. victims aged men and women died 12 hours to three days earlier. Extermination plan used sedatives and chemical injections to induce starvation or pneumonia. Over 340 cremations since last November across several stations in Austria and Bavaria.
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Valentin Falthanger
Franziaska Will
Hig
Worle
AMG
U. S
Linick
Murphy
Sen
Harthausen
Lanz
Austria
Grafeneck
Wueltembergy
Guensburg
Bavaria
Strike in Milan Grounds Traffic as Workers Protest
In Milan a broad general strike by several hundred thousand workers disrupted traffic as they protested rising prices and called for higher wages. A parallel strike occurred in Turin yesterday as inflation lingered since liberation, with bread milk clothing and rail fares up. Independent U.S. retailers reported a four percent drop in inventories and an eight percent rise in sales in 1944.
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Milan
Turin
Italy
U.S
Sugar Bowl Movie Carded For Friday Night
Movirk of the SHS Sugar Bowl plans a Friday screening titled New Oceans of wee Alabama and Duke. The event, under the Dothan Exchange Club, will be at Day Auditorium with free admission and invitations sent to area high school coaches for attendance.
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Movirk
Gette
Iluriuim
Dothan Exchange
Napier ‘Field
Clup
Zectar
Exenenge
Five Die In Fourth Of July Alabama Fatalities
Alabama Fourth of July fatalities total at least five with three drowning deaths in Mobile area. Victims include Bobby Nichols 10 of Mobile Finis Lou Richie 42 of Plateau and Aubrey Heaton who died near Fairhope. Two traffic deaths involve John M Ligon 3 near Decatur Molton highway and Tray David Smith 18 of Northport after a fall from a truck near the Tuscaloosa business district.
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Birmingham
Als
Alabama
Mobile
Bobby Nichols
Mobite
Finis Lou Richie
Plateau
Alm
Aubrey Alex Heaton
Drath Ovar Fairhope
John M. Ligon
Transatlantic Air Routes Authorized by CAB
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Pan American Airways American Export Lines and Transcontinental and Western Air to operate North Atlantic routes. It also approved the acquisition of American Export Airlines by American Airlines, with seven year certificates for review after a reasonable period. Pat American Airways holds permanent CAB authorization for North Atlantic service.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
North Atlantic
Pan American Airways, Inc
American Export Lines, Inc
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
American Export Airlines
American Air Lies, Inc
Pat American Airways
CAB
FEPC funding stalemate and war agency payrolls loom
The article outlines continued FEPC funding deadlock with 11 war agencies at risk of not being paid if stalemate persists, while funds for other adult agencies face parliamentary tactics. It notes potential Senate action to restore or add FEPC funds, and mentions payroll due for several agencies and a potential breakthrough or continued impasse. In a separate notice, First Lieutenant John M. Hilson is decorated with an oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for 35 combat sorties in Europe. Corporal Charles S. McLeod Jr. receives a certificate of merit for service with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, including 15 overseas months and ETO ribbon with two battle stars.
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Treasury
Tormorrow
FEPC
War ‘Labor Board
Office of Inter- American Affairs
Office of War Information
War Production Board
War Shipping Administration
Office of Strategic Services
Petroleum Administration For War
War Relocation Authority
Tosa
House
FEE
Senate Prompt
Senate
House Rules and Appropriations Committees
John M. Hilson
Christine Hilson
Reeves St
John M. Higon
Charles 5. McLeod, Jr
Carolyn Larcrot McLeod
Charles McLeod
E. Washrington St
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Dothat High School
Sens
Atield
15th Army Group To Be Disbanded
Report outlines dissolution plans for the 15th Army Group and reorganizations. American Fifth and Eight Armies to be reassigned to new commands under a postwar structure. Some personnel to transfer to a U S force formation. future status of American First Army unclear.
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BOWE
Tus 145
EU Crerell
Ctvalwag
Sige
Americas
Cleri’s
New Nose Ass Poe
Usted
Avetris
Armemiran
Patterson reports large troop redeployment to Pacific
Washington AP Under secretary of War Patterson said a large number of troops have already been deployed from the United States and Europe to the Pacific or for discharge review. He declined to give exact figures but assured the public the force will “feel the power” of increased air and ground strength as redeployment proceeds, with preliminary reports showing about 340,000 arriving in the U S from Europe and Atlantic ports in six weeks since May 25.
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Washington
Patterson
United States
Europe
Jergen
Atlantic
Banga
Labor unrest widens as Akron strikes persist
Contingent from page 2 reports 18 500 Firestone and 16 700 Goodyear workers in Akron joining a 39 200 strong strike wave across the country. WLB seeks settlements for newspaper deliverers in New York as a City halt continues. Republic Steel’s Cleveland hot mill shuts down amid pay cuts. Gulf Shipbuilding in Mobile also reports stoppage ongoing.
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WLB
Te Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Goodyear
Ecgo
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C. Stailenberger
Arlelians
US 8 Army Line Corps
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Ely
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